The 2002 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 July 2002 at the Donington Park circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 46:32.888 1 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +2.371 5 20 3 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 +5.533 4 16 4 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha 30 +22.036 13 13 5 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +28.087 12 11 6 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +28.400 17 10 7 74 Daijiro Kato Fortuna Honda Gresini Honda 30 +28.947 11 9 8 21 John Hopkins Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +31.497 6 8 9 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +31.947 10 7 10 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +41.454 15 6 11 31 Tetsuya Harada Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda 30 +49.458 3 5 12 8 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +53.709 18 4 13 33 Akira Ryō Team Suzuki Suzuki 30 +54.480 14 3 14 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +54.594 8 2 15 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Kanemoto Racing Honda 30 +54.866 9 1 16 55 Régis Laconi MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +55.525 16 17 66 Alex Hofmann West Honda Pons Honda 30 +1:05.901 19 Ret (18) 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 19 Retirement 2 Ret (19) 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 6 Retirement 7 DNS 20 Pere Riba Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antín Yamaha Did not start WD 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol Honda Team Honda Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 27 42:55.728 2 25 2 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +0.717 1 20 3 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 27 +3.493 5 16 4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +3.934 8 13 5 4 Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +4.407 7 11 6 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +19.852 12 10 7 11 Haruchika Aoki Honda 27 +21.770 10 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +24.580 6 8 9 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +25.987 11 7 10 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +26.202 15 6 11 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 27 +31.621 13 5 12 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +36.116 4 4 13 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +45.339 14 3 14 76 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 27 +45.538 9 2 15 42 David Checa Aprilia 27 +57.476 16 1 16 12 Jay Vincent Honda 27 +1:00.795 21 17 19 Leon Haslam Honda 27 +1:03.974 20 18 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:05.156 18 19 41 Jarno Janssen Honda 27 +1:19.402 17 20 32 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +1:22.218 19 21 44 Andrew Whittley Aprilia 26 +1 lap 25 Ret (22) 25 Vincent Philippe Aprilia 26 Accident 22 Ret (23) 22 Raúl Jara Aprilia 17 Retirement 23 Ret (24) 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 12 Retirement 3 Ret (25) 51 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 4 Accident 24 DNQ 43 Christopher Sansome Honda Did not qualify WD 47 Jason Boyce Honda Withdrew Source:
125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 26 42:57.387 16 25 2 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 26 +0.193 3 20 3 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 26 +0.699 1 16 4 5 Masao Azuma Honda 26 +13.482 10 13 5 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 26 +13.643 14 11 6 25 Joan Olivé Honda 26 +14.073 6 10 7 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +15.650 7 9 8 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 26 +18.608 4 8 9 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 26 +20.761 13 7 10 66 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 26 +21.553 20 6 11 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 26 +41.238 18 5 12 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 26 +41.942 8 4 13 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 26 +46.464 21 3 14 75 Fabrizio Lai Honda 26 +46.699 12 2 15 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 26 +52.816 22 1 16 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +56.261 24 17 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 26 +1:03.435 11 18 19 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:10.892 29 19 28 Ivan Goi Aprilia 26 +1:17.003 33 20 20 Imre Tóth Honda 26 +1:32.295 28 21 69 Christian Elkin Honda 25 +1 lap 32 22 70 Christopher Martin Honda 25 +1 lap 34 23 31 Mattia Angeloni Gilera 25 +1 lap 30 24 24 Leon Camier Italjet 25 +1 lap 31 Ret (25) 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 Accident 2 Ret (26) 36 Mika Kallio Honda 18 Retirement 9 Ret (27) 33 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 16 Retirement 25 Ret (28) 90 Guy Farbrother Honda 15 Accident 35 Ret (29) 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 7 Accident 5 Ret (30) 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 3 Accident 26 Ret (31) 8 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 3 Accident 19 Ret (32) 47 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 3 Accident 17 Ret (33) 84 Michel Fabrizio Gilera 2 Accident 23 Ret (34) 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 0 Accident 27 Ret (35) 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 0 Accident 15 Ret (36) 91 Midge Smart Honda 0 Accident 36 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 195 2 Tohru Ukawa 108 3 Max Biaggi 89 4 Alex Barros 87 5 Carlos Checa 72
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 200 2 Yamaha 125 3 Suzuki 68 4 / Proton KR 39 5 Aprilia 28
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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